Pigeon? For Dinner?

suburban Oct 7 2010 Cooking Hunting suburban survival Urban Survival

Okay, I was in the car for about four hours today… I had some time to think… My mind start­ed to wan­der, and the gears were spin­ning.  I asked myself, if the S#!t has hit the fan while I was in Philadel­phia, and I knew no one.  If food sup­plies are low... Read more

The Design of a Bug Out Weekend Gear Test

suburban Oct 5 2010 Bug Out Bug Out Location But Out Bag suburban survival Urban Survival

I joined, not too long ago, a pre­pared­ness meet­up group in North­ern NJ. There seem to be only a few of us that are reg­u­lars and show up once a month to the meet­ing.  There are var­i­ous oth­er mem­bers of the group that may make it depend­ing on their... Read more

Plans to Build a Garden Box and Fall Gardens

suburban Oct 4 2010 Food Gardening suburban survival Urban Survival

I have plans.  I always have plans.  But one of my plans this fall is to build a raised gar­den box the size of a table I have on the deck of my apart­ment.  It is wor­thy invest­ment, assum­ing I am going to stay in this spot for the next cou­ple of... Read more

DIY — Making Makeshift Shoes Out of Tires Post SHTF

suburban Sep 30 2010 Clothing DIY suburban survival Urban Survival

NOTE:  I found this post here, and thought it inter­est­ing enough as a DIY project you can file in the back of your head or put on your USB dri­ve to car­ry around with you: This seems sort of odd…but in a post dis­as­ter world that may not get back to... Read more

Survival Gear Bargains on Craigslist

suburban Sep 29 2010 Gear Improvised Gear Preparedness suburban survival Urban Survival

There is no doubt that buy­ing gear can get expen­sive.  I per­son­al­ly have pur­chased and wast­ed a ton of mon­ey on gear that I have pur­chased and have replaced because after buy­ing it learn­ing that it may not have been the best solu­tion.  I have... Read more

How Do You Classify a SHTF Event?

suburban Sep 22 2010 Bug In Bug Out Bug Out Location Bug Out Vehicle Levels of Awareness Preparedness suburban survival Urban Survival

I tend to think a lot when I have a lit­tle down time.  I was on the plane for work this week and it hit me, that I am not sure h0w I would clas­si­fy what type of an event and how severe it was before I were going to bug out or bug in.  The more thought I... Read more